Messages from the past

Introduction:
“The history of drama stretches back to some of mankind's earliest civilizations. It's always fun to learn the history of a play that you're watching. You could be seeing something that people have enjoyed for hundreds or thousands of years. Drama as we know it got its start back in ancient Greece. Many of the plays written during the Classical period, from 525 BC to 385 BC, are still performed today”

-Cheever, J. 2011 

Tasks:

Part I: Timeline Research: You are to research and analyse the specific given timeline of the movies through books, and internet. Elements such as the culture, social strata, architecture, and style are to be researched and included in the timeline. With the research that you have conducted in mind prepare a visual timeline. Select the most important plot from the timeline for your performance. The materials gathered are to assist you for your group and individual outcome.

Part II: Individually, your task is to study the character chosen in detail that would demonstrate your understanding of the chosen elements in Part 1.

Part III: Final submission as a group would be a showcase of students’ understanding of the timeline and the 10mins acting of the scene and the elements that are prominent in the timeline. Submission as an individual would be a journal on the character in A5 size comprises of series of sketches, colored, complete with annotations and design the packaging of your journals. 

Proposal for scenes and settings:

Proposal for costumes:


Teaser:

Video:


This was the most exciting project that I had been assigned to. My group, The Last Emperor went to Malacca for shooting, together with Troy’s group. We called the person in charge for Cheong Ho Museum in Malacca, he allowed us to shoot at the museum for free, we just have to put credits at the end of the video.
We are very lucky to met a lot of kind people in Malacca, like Mr Tan, the person in charge of the museum, Mr. Steven who lend us his Vintage Jaguar, etc. The shooting go on really smoothly, We stayed at Malacca for 3 days 2 nights, we stayed up late to memorize the script and shoot all the scenes as soon as possible.
Having friends working together, experiencing something different a re definitely a yes for me. Although this video editing part was a bit hectic, but this trip was unforgettable one, we created a lot of great memories together.